# Does Stripe support holding an authorisation for more than seven days before capture?

Stripe supports the [authorisation and capture flow](https://stripe.com/docs/charges#auth-and-capture), letting you hold funds on a card for up to seven days. Stripe does not support the ability to hold the authorisation for a longer period of time.
You can create a new authorisation before releasing the old one, ensuring that you have a guaranteed authorisation (assuming it succeeds) before releasing the previous one. If it does not succeed, you can decide between taking the risk or charging anyway. One downside is that the funds are likely to be held twice for a few days on some banks, as releasing an authorisation is not always instantaneous.